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Cara Giaimo

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

former staff writer, forever fan // @cjgiaimo // caragiaimo (at) gmail (dot) com

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A page from the Camp Amache Christmas Calendar, based on a photo taken by Mike Wada.

art

The Art—and Anger—of Japanese Internment Camp Silk Screeners

Inside the complex legacy of the print shop at Colorado's Camp Amache.

By Cara Giaimo
A Self-Assured Swedish Cat Just Came Home After 9 Years Away

animals

A Self-Assured Swedish Cat Just Came Home After 9 Years Away

Ernst's humans were very happy to see him.

By Cara Giaimo
This Unborn Baby's Ultrasound Is Extremely Metal

news

This Unborn Baby's Ultrasound Is Extremely Metal

The kid is throwing a sick set of devil horns.

By Cara Giaimo
After a Heated Response, the City of Vancouver Is Reconsidering Its New Logo

news

After a Heated Response, the City of Vancouver Is Reconsidering Its New Logo

"I can't imagine anyone getting [this logo] tattooed on their body," one designer fumed.

By Cara Giaimo
Edison poses by his phonograph in a photograph from 1878.

thomas edison

Making Fun of Thomas Edison

At his peak, newspapers loved to tease the inventor. They also feared him.

By Cara Giaimo
A Seattle Taco Truck Opened in the Middle of a Highway Traffic Jam

news

A Seattle Taco Truck Opened in the Middle of a Highway Traffic Jam

Stuck in an 8-hour gridlock, the Tacos El Tajin truck made the best of a bad situation.

By Cara Giaimo
At the time, many assumed the pole itself featured a giant, magnetic mountain.

maps

The Mysteries of the First-Ever Map of the North Pole

Gerard Mercator's 16th-century attempt at mapping the Arctic includes such guesses as a giant whirlpool and polar pygmies.

By Cara Giaimo
After 40 Years, A Jeep Was Freed From Its Sandy Prison on Cape Cod

cars

After 40 Years, A Jeep Was Freed From Its Sandy Prison on Cape Cod

It was a little bit the worse for wear.

By Cara Giaimo
Rhea in her crocheted Patriots jersey, which has room for shoulder pads.

animals

Are We Knitting Too Many Tiny Sweaters for Animals?

Examining the enthusiasm for interspecies knitwear.

By Cara Giaimo
A close-up on a passport from the German Empire.

borders

Six Stories of Stunning Passports From Countries That No Longer Exist

Yesterday's bureaucracy is today's curiosity.

By Cara Giaimo
College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

crime and punishment

College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

Things got out of hand at Helshoogte Residence's annual "chicken day" celebration.

By Cara Giaimo
An exorcism (artist's rendering).

government

A Small-Town Spanish Mayor is Being Asked to Exorcise a Government Building

Mayor Leandro Martín's office is being flooded with calls after a council member spotted a possible ghost in the town hall.

By Cara Giaimo
An artist's rendering of the Trappist-1 system. Planets d through f are in the star's habitable zone.

nasa

A Newly Identified, Tightly Packed Solar System Harbors the Best-Ever Possibility For Alien Life

"Questions about 'are we alone?' are being answered as we speak," said one researcher this afternoon.

By Cara Giaimo
Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

animals

Help This Computer Program Draw the World's Freakiest Felines

This is what happens when you tell an AI bot that everything is cats.

By Cara Giaimo
Researchers in ICARDA's Beirut headquarters, harvesting seeds to ship back to Svalbard.

news

Seeds From Syria Are Returning to the Svalbard Vault

This marks the first successful use of the "doomsday" seed vault.

By Cara Giaimo
Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

news

Seattle's Jade Vine Is Almost as Cool as a Corpse Flower

It's the color of mint toothpaste, and will bloom through mid-March.

By Cara Giaimo
New Horizon's glamor shot of Pluto, with its heart on full display.

space exploration

What We Can Learn From Pluto's Icy Heart

The celestial snowball's most stunning feature might be cold, but it sure isn't dead.

By Cara Giaimo
A Creek in Florida Turned Red Overnight

rivers

A Creek in Florida Turned Red Overnight

Residents are unhappy.

By Cara Giaimo
The wrong (or right!) Bouche à Oreille.

restaurants

A French Roadside Diner Accidentally Got a Michelin Star

It has since been inundated by excited gourmands.

By Cara Giaimo
When Beethoven was writing, was he listening to his heart?

music

The Surprisingly Stubborn Theory That Beethoven's Heartbeat Influenced His Music

For decades, doctors have been trying to use a few sonatas to diagnose the composer with cardiac arrhythmia.

By Cara Giaimo
A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles

public works

A Philly Guy Filled a Crack in the Street With Sprinkles

The crack is about eight feet long.

By Cara Giaimo
Murcia, Spain, Has a New Eel Staircase

animals

Murcia, Spain, Has a New Eel Staircase

Eels can use it to travel upstream.

By Cara Giaimo
A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried

archaeology

A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried

Love beyond the grave.

By Cara Giaimo
A blue whale heart, preserved by researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum.

animals

What Animal Has the Weirdest Heart?

There's a lot of competition.

By Cara Giaimo
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